Blonde's statement:
https://x.com/Blondes_tweets/status/1847851545049911648
https://nitter.poast.org/Blondes_tweets/status/1847851545049911648
Matt's (sorta) response:
https://x.com/MLChristiansen/status/1847852591868531091
https://nitter.poast.org/MLChristiansen/status/1847852591868531091
If you don't know, the Matt and Blonde Show was a weekly (briefly twice weekly) show going over a handful of noteworthy news stories for the week. Matt Christiansen hosted it on his channel, and it was co-hosted by Blonde. Matt's more of a borderline-autistic conservative, while Blonde is burn-this-shit-down reactionary, so they had a pretty interesting dynamic. One disassembles and analyzes a story, the other just rips it to shreds.
You may also have heard of Matt from the recent Tenet drama, since he was one of the channels under them. As an independent channel, he was always a very thorough investigator, and meticulous about sourcing his arguments. His work was practically spotless, which made it hard for anyone to smear him until the Tenet thing happened.
We'll have to wait until tomorrow to hear Matt's side apparently. Normally I'd back him immediately, but being involved in a phony federal investigation is the kind of pressure that makes most people crack, especially when they have something to lose.
TL;DR: Blonde says she'd have to pull back on important topics for her (likely race and failing democracy) for somewhat unclear reasons, and chose to leave the show instead, Matt says he'd word it differently. It's all very vague as of yet.
The fact that he tried to decree that she stay right until the end of the show & all the superchats also shows there was more longstanding acrimony over things other than money or editorial control.
It was always unprofessional that Blonde couldn't commit to the full 2.5 hour show on Sundays because of breastfeeding, sick children, old school incompetent childrearing husband, wanting to put her kids to bed, etc.
But in the last few years of the show, Blonde's identity as a mother eclipsed her need to be a conservative thot influencer.
When Matt gave an ultimatum between the show and her very young children & identity as a mother, he knew what he was doing.
It’s weird to me that Blonde is treating “putting her children to bed” as a valid excuse for leaving the show early. Her husband can’t do that one or two nights a week?
I think it started with anxiety that she felt her baby couldn't go the 3 hours without breastfeeding.
But it did seem like misplaced separation anxiety for someone who is otherwise home with their children 24/7.
Then maybe she should have quit instead of dragging the acr along?